METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A RECEIVER ACCORDING TO CONTENT AND USER SELECTION - Patent 1665785

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EP 1 665 785 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.10.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23

(21)	Application number: 04788588.4

(22)	Date of filing: 07.09.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04N 5/76^(1968.09)

H04N 5/781^(1980.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/028910

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/024590 (17.03.2005 Gazette 2005/11)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB

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Priority:

04.09.2003 US 500582 P

(71)	Applicant: Digital Networks North America, Inc.
	Santa Clara, CA 95051-0953 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	COMMONS, Christopher Carmel, IN 46032 (US) WACHTER, Martin, Richard Baltimore, MD 21209 (US) BOUTERSE, Robert, Anthony Danville, IN 46122 (US)

(74)	Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund
	Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A RECEIVER ACCORDING TO CONTENT AND USER SELECTION